–An affiliate of controversial landlord Raphael Toledano’s Brookhill Properties has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on its 15-building East Village portfolio. [The Real Deal]
–Opinion: “Instead of promoting the Small Business Jobs Survival Act that would have saved… three affordable supermarkets that are vital to their communities,” writes local activist Kirsten Theodos, “(Council members Chin, Garodnick and Johnson) are pushing tax cuts that won’t save a single small business or job in their district.” [The Villager]
–Cooper Union has unveiled its first public exhibition in Cooper Square Plaza, the Jan Palach Memorial, a tribute to the Czech dissident. [Curbed]
–Here’s Community Board 3’s April meeting agenda [CB3]
